Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 58925

Special Educational Needs: Admissions

Tabled: 11 June 2025
Answered: 19 June 2025

Question

Sir Mark Hendrick

Labour (Co-op)Preston

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to increase the number of school places for children with special educational needs in (a) mainstream and (b) maintained special schools.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
The department knows that many children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) struggle to find a suitable school placement that is close to their home and meets their needs.We want more children and young people to receiv...

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